Romans 3:1

Romans 3:1 states, What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?  Paul was discussing the Jew versus the Gentile, and here was raising the question that many might have had based on what he had said.  If being identified as one of God's people made no difference, then what was the advantage in being a Jew?  Verse two adds, Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.  Paul said the chief advantage of the Jew was that God's Law, His oracles, were committed to them. Matthew Henry says that the Jews were the keepers of God's library for the Christians.  They were given the words of life to point people to God and the coming Messiah.  We, as the church today, have these same words of truth.  The Jews preserved the Old Testament for us, and it is our responsibility to preserve and share the Old and New Testament for the world today and for generations to come.  Verse three continues, For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?  Paul had been discussing the unbelieving Jew and the believing Gentile.  Here, Paul was stating that the unbelief of some, even the majority of the Jews, did not make belief in God be without effect.  The fact that some today profess to be Christians but fail to follow God's plan for salvation does not mean that God's plan is ineffective.  We, as followers of Christ, as the church, still are entrusted with the word of God, and those who are truly His, in word and deed, have every advantage.  We can never let the actions of others, even those who profess to belong to God but don't acknowledge His truth stand between us and God.  Verse four concludes, God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.  Here Paul was making a declaration of the eternal truth of God.  God's truth will never fail to be the truth, even if the whole world attempts to deny it.  The only way we are going to be able to overcome when we are judged is by accepting the truth of God.  Our lies may fool the world, but they will never fool God.